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French or Spanish curriculum suggestions?
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Carli
Posted 2009-11-07 3:06 AM (#143156)
Subject: French or Spanish curriculum suggestions?



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My oldest wants to add in either Spanish or French next year.  I haven't looked into any programs for this yet.  Where should I begin looking?
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Martha R.
Posted 2009-11-07 6:18 AM (#143157 - in reply to #143156)
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Do you speak either of them? How does dd learn best?
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Carli
Posted 2009-11-07 8:16 PM (#143215 - in reply to #143156)
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I speak some French but not a lot.  Dd is both audio and visual...would need a combination of the two I think.
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Martha R.
Posted 2009-11-09 8:30 PM (#143506 - in reply to #143215)
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How about Rosetta Stone? It's auditory and visual. You might also see if you can get Muzzy from your library. My kids STILL remember a lot from Muzzy, and that was years and years ago!
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Pam in Colorado
Posted 2009-11-08 12:42 AM (#143245 - in reply to #143156)
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We have Learnables for both of these languages. My girls are just starting them and they like them but at 9 and 10 they are less than diligent in them. My 9 yo has decided that she really isn't that interested in learning French and might rather go with Spanish instead.

Are you familiar with the Learnables?
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Sis
Posted 2009-11-08 10:44 AM (#143260 - in reply to #143156)
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I have tried SO many Spanish programs!   For school "credit" I'd like to encourage you to remember how it was in school.    Did you finish the book?  Did you know the language?  As homeschoolers we tend to think the subject isn't done, or "covered" until it's mastered.  Not so with foreign languages. The first year is pretty much to get you familiar with the basics.  You'll "master" a few phrases but unless you really go the extra mile, it doesn't stick.  (This may be different for those with an aptitude for languages, but most people only remember about 5 phrases from high school foreign language.)

With that said, you may choose to really learn a language!     Be prepared to go beyond the program.  Label everything, speak it to one another whenever possible, insert palabras en sentences, "order dinner" by asking for the specific foods in the target language, turn your dvd's to the target language, etc.

 

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Caroline C.
Posted 2009-11-09 7:18 PM (#143489 - in reply to #143156)
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We're using The Easy French (there's also The Easy Spanish), but we've just completed the first three lessons (weeks), so I'm not sure I can give you a good review yet. So far, dd, 14, likes it. She chose it because it uses a book with audio cd rather than a cd-rom program. We're using level 1A. If she completes levels 1A and 1B it would be considered 1 credit.
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